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FOURTY FIVE

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last update Data de publicação: 2026-10-27 09:21:52

CHAPTER 45.

It was only a second. One long, cold second, in which he sat half-fallen on the sofa with another woman’s hands on his body and felt the whole world shift one inch in the wrong direction.

Then he let go of Alma.

Not let go. He flung her hand away, with one jerk, as if throwing off something dirty, and stood up in a single motion, so abruptly that Alma staggered backward and landed on the carpet, among the scattered rose petals.

“Rafael!”

“Get up.”

His voice was very soft. That was w
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